The devil is coming

Chapter 86 Zheng Family Tradition
The measure of a boss's success is whether his subordinates are willing to take bullets for him.
How many bosses are just like a tree falling down when a disaster strikes. Not to mention taking bullets for you, just not stabbing you in the back would be considered very righteous.
Of course, there is a trick here;
A statement borrowed from advertising terms:
Want to become a qualified and successful boss quickly?
Then why are you hesitating?
Find a subordinate with vampire blood!
Zheng Fan felt that he was on the right track.
A Ming took the initiative to block in front of him. Of course, maybe because A Ming was a vampire, he knew that he would not die, and Zheng Fan also knew that he would not die, so this kind of subordinates blocked him for him. The "atmosphere" of bullets is not that strong.
However, this also allows you to skip some bloody steps:
For example, when A Ming was lying in his arms, he asked loudly:
"Why are you so stupid? Why are you so stupid?"
Of course, here, the thing that shoots out is a thin needle, not a bullet, it is more like something similar to the "Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle" in Zheng Fan's perception.
Surrounding scattering, indiscriminate covering and rapid shooting, in the mourning hall, except for some who were extremely lucky, most of them were hit by the needle.
At this moment, a cry of killing suddenly came from outside. The Taoist priests who were sitting there just chanting sutras silently suddenly drew their weapons and rushed directly into the mourning hall.
This scene made Zheng Fan feel very ridiculous.
Here is Nanwang City, the most important town of the Yan Kingdom on the southern front, and it is also the General Military Mansion. In this General Military Mansion, first there were assassins hiding in coffins, and then a group of assassins came out.
This is simply... too ridiculous.
In fact, tearing away the disguise of reality called "reasonable" may be "absurd", which is the true essence of reality.
This group of Taoist priests used to look like they were unearthly and celestial beings, but now they were all fiercely slashing at the guests who came to express their condolences with their weapons in their hands.
For a moment, blood splattered at the main entrance of the mourning hall, and screams continued.
The funniest thing is,
Due to the arrangements of the General Military Mansion, four worship seats were set up around the coffin in the mourning hall. The position of the main entrance was naturally reserved for those real lords and important figures.
For example, the prefect and the group of local patriarchs from the big families around him, including the widow and filial sons and grandsons of the commander-in-chief Xiao Dahai, were basically there.
As for Zheng Fan and Zuo Jiqian, they could only pay their condolences and offer incense at the other three locations.
Therefore, when the assassins came in from the outside, the first wave of people to be killed were these truly noble people.
Zheng Fan even saw a Taoist priest's body emitting red light, and he cut off the magistrate's good head with a knife.
God feels pity for you,
Zheng Fan had just been appointed as the garrison of Cuiliu Fort. Although the military administration was not technically subordinate, the prefect could actually be regarded as one of Zheng Fan's superiors.
But before Zheng Fan had time to know his last name, he disappeared...
From the coffin, a guy wearing official robes jumped out. This should be the clothes that the General Soldier wore when he was buried. Similar to the Manchu zombies in later generations, the deceased will definitely wear the clothes that his family thinks are the most decent when he is buried.
But the person who jumped out was clearly not a man. What he was wearing under the official robe was not boots, but a pair of red embroidered shoes.
Zheng Fan looked up again and saw the face of the assassin, a pair of almond blossom eyes, a melon face, and cold eyes. After turning over and coming out, without any delay, he rushed directly towards the main entrance and the group of Taoist priests who were obviously his companions. They came together.
"go!"
The woman gave the order directly. Obviously, her goal had been achieved.
A Ming tried to stand up, but Zheng Fan reached out and held his shoulder.
When the pear blossom needles shot out during the heavy rain, many people around fell to the ground. Everyone was crowded and fell into one piece.
"There may be poison on the needle. You need to control the poison first."
There is no need to show off this limelight, besides, everyone is ready to withdraw.
A Ming hesitated for a moment, nodded, and began to control the blood in his body to isolate the blood at the wound that might be contaminated by venom.
It is true that he is a vampire, but there is one thing that cannot be compared between him and Liang Cheng. As a zombie, Liang Cheng is a big poison. He is not afraid of poison, but A Ming is. At least A Ming is not immune to all poisons now.
Zheng Fan simply chose to give in.
He is not familiar with Lord Commander, there is no photo of the deceased in this world, and the portrait is extremely abstract...
In short, Zheng Fan had never even met Xiao Dahai, and he didn't even know the surname of the prefect. He really had no motivation to jump out to avenge them and stop the assassins at this time.
This is a very selfish mentality, but Zheng Fan made this choice without hesitation.
After the Taoist priests massacred people at the main entrance, they quickly rushed out again under the woman's order.
In the mourning hall, many people were hacked to death, but most of them were still lying on the ground, shouting in pain, with extremely painful expressions.
Zheng Fan saw that A Ming had already signaled that he had controlled the poison, and then turned his head to look at Zuo Jiqian, who was standing beside him before.
Zuo Jiqian also fell to the ground, but when Zheng Fan looked at him, he found that he was just covering his chest with his hands, but his eyes were also patrolling around vigilantly.
With this little detail, Zheng Fan can confirm that this guy is not poisoned!
Moreover, this guy actually made the same choice as himself and was also pretending to be cowardly.
The garrison officer is one level higher than the captain. It is already considered the pinnacle of the middle-level officers. The next level up is the guerrilla general.
Moreover, Zuo Jiqian was from the Huwei Zuo family. He must have had good cultivation resources since he was a child and must have good materials. Otherwise, he would not have been pushed out by the family to serve as an official.
This means that this guy is at least a warrior. Zheng Fan doesn't know how good he is, but he is definitely not a good person.
As expected, all members of the aristocratic family are unreliable paper tigers.
When Zheng Fan despised others, he removed himself in accordance with the Basic Law.
The Taoist priests quickly rushed out and seemed to encounter the guards outside the General Military Mansion. Soon there was another sound of fighting outside.
No matter what, this is the General Military Mansion after all, and this is Nanwang City after all.
Although those assassins could suddenly appear and catch them off guard, this was Dayan's world after all.
Previously, I held my head back in order not to stand out. Now, it's time to grab the heads and take the credit.
"Just lie here and don't move. I'll go outside and pick up the heads."
After saying that, Zheng Fan stood up slowly, and Zuo Jiqian stood up with him.
The eyes of the two big-hearted men and the big silver-coin met in the air for a short distance, and they walked out of the mourning hall together in a tacit understanding.
"Brother Zheng, I really envy you for having such a loyal subordinate."
Obviously, Zuo Jiqian's previous scene of A Ming taking the initiative to help Zheng Fan block the needle had fallen into Zuo Jiqian's eyes.
However, what Zuo Jiqian didn't know was that A Ming would not die from the injection.
"I also admire Brother Zuo's good luck."
"I'm wearing soft armor. I'll wait for this to happen. I'll give one to Brother Zheng when I get back. This soft armor is useless in battle, but it's really useful in daily defense against these little tricks."
"Then thank you, Brother Zuo."
"you are welcome."
In fact, what Zheng Fan was thinking about was to ask Siniang to knit him a piece of soft armor as soon as he got back.
The two of them walked quickly. In the front yard, the Taoist priests were already fighting with the guards of the General Military Mansion.
These Taoist priests were all very skilled, and the guards of the General Military Mansion were no match for them. Even if they had the upper hand, they were still beaten back steadily.
This gave Zheng Fan a deeper understanding of the quality of Yan State's southern front line. Similar things would never happen in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
Sure enough, living in sorrow and dying in happiness are objective laws wherever they are placed.
"Brother Zheng, please go first."
"Brother Zuo, you're welcome. Please go first."
"you please."
"you please."
At this time, a Taoist priest had just chopped down the guard in front of him. In order to avoid the other guard's knife, he took many steps back and was right in front of Zheng Fan and Zuo Jiqian.
Zuo Jiqian immediately released a gray light,
Zheng Fan also quickly released black light,
The two people who were still being polite before rushed towards the same goal without saying a word.
The Taoist priest sensed danger coming from behind him. When he turned around, he saw two light sources rushing toward him, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.
Zheng Fan's figure was blocked for half a step at this time, so Zuo Jiqian stretched out half of his body, and the Taoist priest immediately slashed at Zuo Jiqian.
Zuo Jiqian let out a low shout, clapped his hands together, and even used his palms to forcefully clamp the blade of the knife.
This is an absolute grab with bare hands!
Zheng Fan silently praised Zuo Jiqian in his heart, then stepped forward, taking advantage of the gap between the Taoist priest's weapon and Zuo Jiqian's control, and punched the Taoist priest on the neck.
"what!"
"Crack!"
The added strength and speed when Qi and blood flow, coupled with the blessing of Zheng Fan's "roar" output, smashed the Taoist priest's neck with one punch.
"Brother Zheng, good work."
Zuo Jiqian picked up the Taoist priest's knife and continued to charge forward.
Zheng Fan was not interested in grabbing the sword with his bare hands like Zuo Jiqian. Instead, he picked up the knife next to the body of a guard and started walking around.
Although he has been taking time to "instruct" Liang Cheng on martial arts,
But since Zheng Fan woke up, there have been too few occasions when he really needed to fight on his own. No matter how many routines he used, they were just a show if they were not used in actual combat.
Therefore, Zheng Fan was very confident about his own level, so he followed Zuo Jiqian as a ninth-grade warrior player, and specifically helped Zuo Jiqian to finish off the damage.
On the other hand, Zuo Jiqian, a big sword made him famous, but he was also very aggrieved by Zheng Fan's "cooperation", but no matter how aggrieved he was, he couldn't turn the sword on Zheng Fan now, right?
However, with the addition of Zheng Fan and Zuo Jiqian, the guards also had a backbone, and their morale improved a lot. Coupled with their numerical advantage, they began to gradually recover from the decline and counterpressed.
Outside the General Military Mansion, groups of armored soldiers were rushing in frantically. These were city defense soldiers. After hearing the news from the General Military Mansion, they immediately gathered and came for reinforcements.
And just when Zheng Fan chopped down the third Taoist priest and was about to continue drawing his knife and retreat behind Zuo Jiqian,
I saw a figure running directly into the corridor, which led to the garden and backyard of the General Military Mansion.
And there was a head wrapped around the waist of that figure, and it was the head of the prefect!
"Thief, where to escape!"
This is a big fish!
Zuo Jiqian let out a low roar and chased after him.
Zheng Fan no longer hides in the bushes. He has to be cowardly when it is time to be cowardly, but he must not hesitate when it is time to take credit!
He has only been awake for a few months, but he can sit in this position. Without him, he would just take the credit!
Zuo Jiqian was running. From the corner of his eye, he also noticed Zheng Fan chasing after him. He gritted his teeth and further increased his speed.
However, just as he chased past the pavilion, the figure of the Taoist priest shot out from the flower garden beside him, and cut off Zuo Jiqian's head with the blade of his knife.
Zuo Jiqian reacted very quickly, raised the blade of the sword, and moved forward without retreating. He used block to force the gap, hoping to push the opponent away and gain space for his next counterattack.
Coming from an aristocratic family, the use of this set of fighting skills has indeed surpassed a weak-legged person like Zheng Fan.
"Clang!"
The swords of both sides collided.
A familiar scene,
Familiar heads,
Once again, Zheng Fan, who happened to be half a step late, immediately picked up his knife and went around to the rear, intending to take the opportunity to steal the big fish's head.
When Zuo Jiqian saw this, he was filled with rage. At the critical moment of fighting for merit, no one could maintain the so-called normalcy.
Whoever kills this leading Taoist priest will be written in the credit book in the future as so-and-so led everyone to counterattack and captured the assassin.
And the other person, no matter how great his contribution, can only be reduced to one of the "people" in the credit book!
however,
Just at this time,
A whistling sound was heard, and a thunderbolt flew out from the Taoist priest's chest.
"Air refiner!"
Zuo Jiqian let out an exclamation.
But the distance is really too close,
Zuo Jiqian took half a step back, avoiding his vital point, but his left arm was directly pierced by the Jinghong. At the same time, due to Zuo Jiqian's retreat, the previous defense was directly dispersed. , the knife in the Taoist priest's hand was swiped directly at Zuo Jiqian's chest without any courtesy.
"boom!"
Zuo Jiqian was chopped to the ground. Fortunately, there was soft armor on his chest. Although the soft armor was still damaged, it offset most of the damage from the knife.
"Brother Zheng, be careful!"
Zuo Jiqian, who was chopped to the ground, could only shout this.
Previously, he hated Zheng Fan for his extremely shameless way of snatching people's heads.
But at this moment, he was really afraid that Zheng Fan would go up and be killed by the Taoist. If this was the case, before the reinforcements arrived, the Taoist would have time to calmly touch up his wounds before leaving.
Zheng Fan was not anxious.
Stealing heads was so fun,
Suddenly, the guy who used himself as a tank to attract hatred was overturned.
For a time,
Zheng Fan really didn't know how to continue.
But there was no turning back when he opened his bow. Zheng Fan could only continue to roar:
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"
With one knife, he slashed at the man.
The Taoist had just chopped Zuo Jiqian down with one blow, and he had also consumed a lot of energy. Zheng Fan was coming with a fierce attack, and he didn't give him time to breathe. On the first day of the fight, Zheng Fan was forced to be extremely embarrassed.
But after several consecutive confrontations, even though the Taoist was only in a passive blocking position, he immediately discovered that the opponent in front of him had nothing like the energy and blood strength of a ninth-grade warrior, but his experience in battle was a little immature.
Indeed, other ninth-grade warriors, no matter how talented they are, have been trained step by step.
Zheng Fan, on the other hand, came out of the crash course. In order to make him a crash course, Liang Cheng's nails and Siniang's hands were used in every possible way.
This is also the disadvantage of quick learning. Without years of accumulation and training, even if Zheng Fan is given a book of swordsmanship to ward off evil spirits, it will be difficult for him to understand its profound meaning.
The Taoist priest turned the blade of his knife and forcibly moved Zheng Fan's next knife away. At the same time, he opened an opening for Zheng Fan.
"Buzz!"
Jinghong appeared again and shot directly at Zheng Fan's neck.
This Taoist is clearly a warrior and a Qi practitioner!
Zheng Fan saw the shock, but it was too late to avoid it because the distance was too close.
The shadow of death directly enveloped Zheng Fan's heart.
Zuo Jiqian, who was lying on the ground next to him, saw a look of despair on his face when he saw Jinghong flying out. It's over, it's over, it's all over.
At this time, Zuo Jiqian couldn't help but regret a little, regretting why he was so greedy for success. If he had waited for the palace guards to follow or the city defense troops from outside to come in, things would never be like this.
Although we may not be able to catch this big fish,
But at least I won't hand over my life here.
however,
At this critical moment,
"Gudu Gudu..."
"Buzz!"
A black stone came out directly from Zheng Fan's pocket.
"boom!"
The ancient stone collided with the shock. The shock turned out to be a dagger with runes engraved on its body. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the dagger broke directly. It was not the enemy of this stone!
The Taoist priest was shocked: No wonder the warrior in front of him was a little immature in his fighting skills. The man in front of him was actually a warrior and qigong practitioner just like himself!
however,
Not only that,
This stone was not satisfied even after crushing Jinghong in one fell swoop.
He rushed directly towards Taoist Ben.
How the Taoist dealt with Zuo Jiqian before, now basically follows the original script.
It's just that Zuo Jiqian reacted one step ahead of time, and at the same time he still had soft armor on him.
But the Taoist priest was very unlucky.
Because the stone was aimed directly at his head.
"Snapped!"
The Taoist's head was directly smashed by a stone.
Zheng Fan, who narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief.
smiled a bit,
Road:
"Small it."
Zuo Jiqian opened his mouth,
His eyes were filled with horror.
As expected of... someone from the Li family;
Although the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is not very popular, it does not mean that there are no talents in the Hou Mansion!
"Brother Zheng, what a good trick..."
however,
Zuo Jiqian hasn't finished speaking yet.
A scene that shocked him even more appeared,
After the stone smashed the Taoist's head in one fell swoop,
Drawing a circle in the air,
next moment,
It actually rushed directly towards Zheng Fan's head!
among the stones,
Mixed with extremely strong resentment and frustration,
in the dark,
It seems that you can see the face of a resentful baby,
Such a useless dad,
What are you doing alive?
still is,
Kill it!
"..." Zheng Fan.
(End of this chapter)